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Scoping risk assessment protection against oil spills in the marine waters of northwest Washington State, volume 2. technical appendices
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1997-07-18
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Abstract:On April 28, 1996 the White House issued the Department of Transportation (DOT)
Action Plan to Address Vessel and Environmental Safety in Puget Sound-Area Waters.
The Action Plan outlines several related tasks, the first stage of which was to
report to Congress on the development and implementation of a plan for a private
sector international tug-of-opportunity system (ITOS) to provide emergency response
in the waters off of the Olympic Coast and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The second
stage is the Secretary's review of the overall marine safety regime to determine
whether other hazards--beyond those examined in the development of ITOS--warrant
consideration of specific mitigation measures. This report has been prepared to
facilitate the Secretary's review.
This report is the Technical Appendices to the main report, which was intended to
provide information relevant to possible actions to increase safety of the waterways
of northwest Washington State, including Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca,
passages around and through the San Juan Islands, and the offshore waters of the
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. This scoping risk assessment is an initial
characterization of the hazards which can cause oil spills by ships underway and the
environmental sensitivity to such spills; deaths, injuries, and property losses are
not accounted for. This study also served as a pilot application of the Commandant
(G-M) Risk Based Decision Making Guidelines. The insights gained from this study
will be used for refining and expanding those Guidelines.
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